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Melissa Milkie

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Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto

While Canadian moms are still doing the lion’s share of child care and housework, in the early days of the pandemic, Canadian dads stepped up their efforts. (Shutterstock)

July 21, 2020

Canadian dads are doing more at home than before the coronavirus pandemic

Kevin Shafer, Brigham Young University; Casey Scheibling, McMaster University, and Melissa Milkie, University of Toronto

Canadian fathers increased their share of work at home — in housework and in child care — in the early days of the pandemic as work and routines put pressures on the family.

Mothers are expected to be fully available to the demands and whims of children around the clock. shutterstock

October 2, 2017

Sharing the parenting duties could be key to marital bliss: study

Leah Ruppanner, The University of Melbourne; Melissa Milkie, University of Toronto, and Scott Schieman, University of Toronto

Inequality across the domestic sphere – housework and parenting – jeopardises relationship quality.

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